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    The Battle of Jarama (6–27 February 1937) was an attempt by General Francisco Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama...
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  • "Jarama Valley" also known as "El Valle del Jarama" is a song from the Second Spanish Republic. Referring to the Spanish Civil War Battle of Jarama, the...
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    International Brigades (category Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic)
    the battles of Madrid, Jarama, Guadalajara, Brunete, Belchite, Teruel, Aragon and the Ebro. Most of these ended in defeat. For the last year of its existence...
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  • continuous front. At Jarama, the battalion was commanded by Józef Strzelczyk. During the course of the battle, the Battalion lost a third of their effectives...
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  • British Battalion (category 20th-century military history of the United Kingdom)
    an officer in No.2 company of the Saklatvala Battalion, under Wintringham from 1937. He was captured at the Battle of Jarama and spent six months in a...
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    Irish socialist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (category Irish people of the Spanish Civil War)
    engagement the Irish were involved in was the Battle of Jarama following Franco's advance into the Jarama Valley in February 1937. Other campaigns the...
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    referencing the battle, became popular among the Republican battalions. El Jarama is a 1955 novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio about a group of working-class...
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    Juan Modesto (category Communist Party of Spain politicians)
    (September 1936), the defense of Madrid and the Second battle of the Corunna Road, as well as in the Battle of Jarama (February 1937). Juan Guilloto...
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    around the capital. The Nationalist forces, after a defeat at the Battle of Jarama, were exhausted and could not create the necessary momentum to carry...
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    John O'Reilly (soldier) (category Irish people of World War II)
    a role that quickly left him disillusioned with his choice. As the Battle of Jarama commenced in February 1937, O'Reilly offered to work as an ambulance...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    the Battle of Jarama in February 1937 and suffered many casualties. The British lost 225 men out of 600, the Lincolns 120 out of 500. After the battle, the...
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    Vicente Rojo Lluch (category Spanish military personnel of the Rif War)
    Army, in the battles of Jarama, Guadalajara, Brunete and Belchite. On 24 March 1937 he was promoted to colonel, and after the formation of the Negrín government...
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    Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion (category Military history of Canada)
    battalions from the United States and Britain, was involved in the Battle of Jarama, in which nine Canadians are known to have been killed. Because the...
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    Lincoln Battalion (category African-American history of the United States military)
    lost 22.5% of its strength. The Lincolns suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Jarama. On February 27, 1937, the unit lost two-thirds of its strength...
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  • the age of 31 while manning a machine gun, sacrificing himself to cover the retreat of fellow British volunteers during the Battle of Jarama. Born in...
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    Andrés García La Calle (category Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction))
    ready to fight under any conditions. In the Battle of Jarama, Lacalle demonstrated the effectiveness of his squadron by making multiple ground attacks...
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    Milicianas in the Spanish Civil War (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from July 2022)
    the end of the year. In  January 1937 at the Battle of Jarama, Republican forces were near the point of retreating until three Spanish milicianas inspired...
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  • former lover of another school friend, Bernie Piper, a communist member of the International Brigades missing since the Battle of Jarama in 1937. Harry...
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    of military policy. In 1937 were two major battles in the immediate area around Madrid, the Battle of Jarama (January to February) and the Battle of Brunete...
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  • Evan Shipman (category United States Army personnel of World War II)
    across the Pyrenees, and then saw action as an infantryman in the battles of Jarama and Bruente, being badly wounded at Brunete. He carried shrapnel fragments...
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    Carolina Bunjes (category Female resistance members of World War II)
    at her post on one of the fronts in the centre". — Mundo Gráfico 9/12/1936 Bunjes took part in the battle of Jarama and was part of the 5th Spanish Republican...
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    The Battle of Jarama began as the Spanish Nationalists and their allies crossed the Jarama River, the last line of defense on the eastern side of the...
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  • Yank Levy (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from January 2024)
    brigade fought against the rightist Falangists. He was captured at the Battle of Jarama by the Guardia Civil, where he had manned a heavy machine gun. He spent...
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  • Jock Cunningham (category British people of the Spanish Civil War)
    and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He played a key role in the Battle of Jarama, one of the principal military actions of the Spanish Civil War...
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    Jarama. During the Battle of Jarama, Pacciardi was wounded, and so Ilio Barontini took command of the battalion during the Battle of Guadalajara. Pacciardi...
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    German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (category Military of Nazi Germany)
    equipment during the Battle of Madrid and during the Battle of Jarama of February 1937. The fighting demonstrated the inadequacy of the Legion's aircraft...
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    ¡Ay Carmela! (song) (category Songs of the Spanish Civil War)
    first one is related to the Battle of the Ebro and the second mentions the Battle of Jarama, two of the main confrontations of the Civil War. The sentence...
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  • Battle of Jackson, Tennessee – 1862 – American Civil War Battle of Jankau – 1645 – Thirty Years' War Battle of Jarama – 1937 Spanish Civil War Battle...
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    Peter O'Connor (Irish republican) (category Irish people of the Spanish Civil War)
    saw brutal fighting as part of the defence of Madrid, with the unit fighting as part of the Battle of Jarama and the Battle of Brunete. During the fighting...
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